Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part D · Chapter 91 — National Energy Conservation Policy
§ 8236. Voluntary rating guidelines
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 18 months after , the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, representatives of existing home energy rating programs, and other appropriate persons, shall, by rule, issue voluntary guidelines that may be used by State and local governments, utilities, builders, real estate agents, lenders, agencies in mortgage markets, and others, to enable and encourage the assignment of energy efficiency ratings to residential buildings.
Contents of guidelines
The voluntary guidelines issued under subsection (a) shall—
encourage uniformity with regard to systems for rating the annual energy efficiency of residential buildings;
establish protocols and procedures for—
certification of the technical accuracy of building energy analysis tools used to determine energy efficiency ratings;
training of personnel conducting energy efficiency ratings;
data collection and reporting;
quality control; and
monitoring and evaluation;
encourage consistency with, and support for, the uniform plan for Federal energy efficient mortgages, including that developed under section 946 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12712 note) and pursuant to sections 105 and 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992;
provide that rating systems take into account local climate conditions and construction practices, solar energy collected on-site, and the benefits of peak load shifting construction practices, and not discriminate among fuel types; and
establish procedures to ensure that residential buildings can receive an energy efficiency rating at the time of sale and that such rating is communicated to potential buyers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 95–619 title II § 271 · 92 Stat. 3206
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 8236
(Pub. L. 95–619, title II, § 271, as added Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 102(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2787.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–619, title II, § 271, as added Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 102(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2787.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 946 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is section 946 of Pub. L. 101–625, which is set out as a note under section 12712 of this title.
Sections 105 and 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), are sections 105 and 106 of Pub. L. 102–486. Section 105 amended section 12704 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 12712 of this title. Section 106 is classified to section 1701z–16 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
Credits
(Pub. L. 95–619, title II, § 271, as added Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 102(a), , 106 Stat. 2787.)